The tomatoes are being taken from the shelves in 14 states due to a possible contamination of Salmonella.
On May 2, Ray & Mascari Inc. announced a retreat from its four mature tomato packages after being alerted by Hanshaw & Caping Farms in Immokalee, Florida. The FDA continued with its own notice the next day.
Potentially contaminated tomatoes were sold on plastic cards labeled as “mature tomatoes” and “packed by Ray & Mascari Inc.” Therefore, the 14 states have seen retired tomatoes.
They were distributed to stores in New York, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio and Wisconsin.
But that is not the only retirement. Williams Farms Repack LLC has also removed the tomatoes sold to wholesalers in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.
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That carries the total number of states affected by tomato withdrawals to 14.
The FDA says that the tomatoes were distributed between April 23 and 28. Until now, no diseases have been reported.
Customers who have the affected tomatoes are urged to throw them. Salmonella can cause diarrhea, stomach cramps, fever, nausea and vomiting.
Other food retreats have also reached the headlines recently apart from the retired tomatoes.
Upper Crust Bakery LP voluntarily withdrew three of its bread products after glass fragments were found in the breads.
The FDA Report of April 12 lists 89 cases of old grains Hoagie, 699 cases of multigrant massive mass and 30 cases of multigrain bread of affected whole grains.
These frozen products were sold on corrugated paper cards in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Before that, Doubt Far Fresh Foods, Inc. withdrew its celery sticks in the market sold in Walmart due to the possible contamination of Listeria Monocytogenes.
(INDEPENDENT)
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